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Donald Trump’s two new proposals on H-1B visas directly affects Indians in US. The first proposal is to do away with the provision that allows the spouses of H-1B visa holders who are on H-4 visas and waiting for their green cards to work in America. The latest proposal is to give American officials from…

Infosys played down concerns about cost pressures from a plan to hire 10,000 US workers and boost its on-the-ground US presence, saying it will enable faster deployment of staff in newer, more profitable projects in areas like big data and cloud.

Finance minister Arun Jaitley has “strongly raised” the H-1B visa issue with US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, highlighting the important role played by highly skilled Indian professionals in America, officials said.

India’s top slot as the favourite business process outsourcing (BPO) destination in the world is being challenged by tiny nations like Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and others, besides big brother China and other east European countries.

In less than five days after it started receiving applications for H-1B visas for the fiscal year 2017 beginning October 1, 2016, the US said on Friday that the Congressional-mandated cap for the visas has been reached.